INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (October 06, 2008)
Australia (A$) Sept 30 Sept 23 Change Bendigo Mining 0.19 0.20 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 0.82 5.54 -4.72 Lion Selection Ltd 1.49 1.38 0.11 Newcrest Mining 27.63 26.84 0.79 …
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EXCHANGE RATES (October 06, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept. 29 Sept. 26 Sept. 25 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 US$ in C$ 1.0394 1.0349 1.0338 1.0351 1.0355 C$ in US$ 0.9621 0.9663 0.9673 0.966…
DIVIDENDS (October 06, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div…
LENDING RATES (October 06, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Sept. 30, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime …
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (October 06, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Sept 15/08 (with changes from Aug 31/08).
CIC Energy buys back shares, advances Mmamabula
CIC Energy (ELC-T, CIEGF-o) is planning to buy back up to 5% or 2.7 million of its outstanding shares on the open market in a bid to boost its stock, which the company says is undervalued.
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (October 06, 2008)
Fund name Sept. 29 Sept. 21 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 18.77 18.81 -0.04 -0.2 -34.26 2.60 540.4 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 8.77 8.54 …
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (October 06, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Sept 15/08 (with changes from Aug 31/08). Largest short positions Gold Wheaton GLW 1481912 273112 Westernzagros WZR 1124451 -7283 Raytec Metals RAY …
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (October 06, 2008)
52-week Date Sept. 29 Sept. 26 Sept. 25 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1382.03 1515.64 1540.68 1550.64 1538.60 3192.55 1373.00 TSX Composite 11285.07 12126.00 1254…
DAILY METAL PRICES (October 06, 2008)
Date Sept. 29 Sept. 26 Sept. 25 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2155/2200 2190/2201 2135/2210 2180/2250 2…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (October 06, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,383.33/t.
Royalty companies trumpet their low-cost model
Managing a royalty company these days is like running a MASH unit, Douglas Silver, chairman and chief executive of International Royalty Corp. (IRC-T, ROY-x) told analysts and investors at the recent …